- Don’t invite everybody you know
Talk with your child about who they really value being at their birthday party. If they only name a few friends, don’t feel obligated to invite their whole class or each neighborhood child.
To make it less awkward you may even want to send a text to the parents of the invitees, so there won’t be any problem handing out invitations to some and not others.
If you just don’t have the heart to leave anybody out, plan the party at a location where parents are responsible for buying their children food and entertainment, like an arcade; and make that clear in the invitations.